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Shoegaze Outfit Resplandor Celebrates 17 Years of Their Album “Pleamar” With Show in The Hague

Resplandor, the long-standing shoegaze act based in the Netherlands, has spent decades carving out a lush and hypnotic presence in the international dream pop and post-punk scene. Led by Antonio Zelada,…

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Cocteau Twins Announce Reissue of “The Moon and the Melodies,” Their Collaborative Album with Harold Budd

Nearly four decades since its initial release, The Moon and the Melodies by Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd is being reissued on vinyl for the first time on August 23,…

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Watch Oakland Dream Pop Project Rose Haze’s Video for Their Cover Cocteau Twins’ “Heaven or Las Vegas” — Plus Interview

Reaching this itch in my soul That’s like any old playing card It must be why I’m thinking of Las Vegas Why it’s more brighter than the sun is to…

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The Veldt Releases A Long-Lost Collaboration With Cocteau Twins: “Everlasting Gobstopper”

Somewhere in the liminal space between shoegaze, soul, free-jazz, and the raw soul of Otis Redding, NYC’s The Veldt carved out a space of their own. Decades ahead of their…

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Shoegaze Dreamers Resplandor Dive Headlong into Sadness with their Melancholic New Single “Tristeza”

Following the azure dream of their previous single ‘Blue”, dreampop outfit Resplandor, have announced their upcoming album Tristeza. Recorded in Amsterdam with their new line-up which features members from the…

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Minimalist Composer and Cocteau Twins/Eno Collaborator Harold Budd Dead At 84

It is with heavy hearts we lay tribute to composer and poet Harold Budd, who passed away today at the age of 84. Born in 1936, Budd grew up in…

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Video Premiere

Dream Pop duo Fawns of Love debut video for the Highly Danceable “Never Sing For Joy”

Bakersfield Dreampop duo Fawns of Love have debuted their video for “Never Sing For Joy, the b-side to the t to the Robin Guthrie version of “Someday”. Both tracks are…

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The Disobedient Machine: An Interview with John Foxx

“I think obedient music is some of the most boring music in the world.” Born Dennis Leigh in 1948, John Foxx has been at the forefront of the synth movement…

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New Releases

Update: Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie, Ride’s Mark Gardener collaboration ‘Universal Road’ due out in March, Album Cover and Tracklist Revealed

The reunion of shoegaze legends Ride might be a bit of a distraction these days for frontman Mark Gardener. However, this weekend Mr. Gardener announced that his long-in-the-works album with Cocteau…

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Lost Treasure | Rare version of the Cocteau Twins’ Pandora unearthed

2014 marked the 30th Anniversary of the Cocteau Twins’ magnum opus, the aptly titled “Treasure”. Recently uploaded to YouTube by the Director of the segment—was a rare and unseen live…

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